“You just realize that you have to be committed to this thing in this kind of world that we're in the more your support group dwindles and you start seeing your peers buying houses and getting corporate jobs. So that can be discouraging.” WorldKindJobsHouseRealizingSupportSeeingGroupsCommittedCorporateBuyingPeersDiscouragingSupport GroupsBuying A House Author:J. Robbins
“When you realize that your history books and your science books and your literature books are not the result of experts sitting down and making it a wise decision, but of political pressure groups coming to the state textbook hearings, this is wrong.” BookStatesPoliticalLiteratureRealizingDecisionResultsWiseGroupsSittingPressureDown AndHearingExpertsTextbooksSitting DownHistory BooksWise DecisionScience BooksPressure Groups Author:Diane Ravitch
“It's probably hard for anyone looking at my landscapes today to realize that I was once regarded as a rebel, a dangerous influence; that I've been told I was on the verge of insanity, that my painting was nothing but meaningless daubs. Lawren Harris, the man most responsible for drawing the Group of Seven together, was accused of something perilously close to treason - his paintings, said his severest critics, were discouraging immigration.” MenSaidHardTodayTogetherRealizingGroupsInfluenceDangerousHe ManPaintingCriticismResponsibleCriticsSevenDrawingImmigrationLandscapeInsanityRebelMeaninglessAccusedDiscouragingTreasonVerge Author:A. Y. Jackson
“For many years I was the youngest among my mathematical friends. It makes me melancholy to realize that I now have become the oldest in most groups of scientists.” YearsRealizingGroupsScientistMathematicalMelancholy Author:Stanislaw Ulam
“For the first 10 minutes after you meet them, they have the wattage and charisma of movie stars. Then you have a coffee with them and you realize we're all the same, we're all just people. All of the actors in The Avengers are so nice. Marvel has these code names for projects and the code name for The Avengers was Group Hug. It felt very much like a group hug on set.” PeopleFirstsActorsNamesStarsFeltRealizingNiceGroupsMinutesProjectsCoffeeCodeHugMovie StarCharismaAvengers Author:Tom Hiddleston
“Great leaders don't try to please everyone. Great leaders don't water down their message in order to make the tribe a bit bigger. Instead, they realize that a motivated, connected tribe in the midst of a movement is far more powerful than a larger group could ever be.” TryingOrderBitsWaterRealizingPowerfulLeaderGroupsMovementPleaseMessagesBiggerConnectedMidstMotivatedTribesGreat Leader Book:Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us Source: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
“Working together in concert more smoothly not only helps us move more quickly; it changes the nature of what we can undertake. When we have the confidence that we can orchestrate the group effort required to realize them, we dare bigger dreams.” HelpingDreamTogetherMovingRealizingEffortGroupsBiggerDareWorking TogetherConcertsGroup EffortBigger Dreams Author:Justin Rosenstein
“The poet who speaks out of the deepest instincts of man will be heard. The poet who creates a myth beyond the power of man to realize is gagged at the peril of the group that binds him. He is the true revolutionary: he builds a new world.” MenWorldPoetrySpeakRealizingHeardGroupsPoetInstinctMythRevolutionaryNew WorldPerilSpeaks Out Author:Babette Deutsch
“You know I still get nervous speaking in front of people. Speaking reminds me of pitching in that way. No matter how much you prepare, there is always that anxiety to perform. Those butterflies. You learn to embrace that stress. Eventually you realize that stress is what pushes you to perform at your peak.... But man the roller coaster! I told myself that after my career was over I would live my life quietly, out of the public eye, with no chance of embarrassing myself in front of large groups of people. Yet...here I am!” PeopleKnowsMenWayStillsMatterEyeRealizingChanceCareersGroupsFrontsAnxietyStressEmbraceNervousButterflyLiving My LifeEmbarrassingPitchingHere I AmRoller CoasterCoastersPublic EyeLarge Groups Author:Jim Abbott
“As the owner of the Arison Group, a philanthropic and business enterprise that spans across 40 countries in 5 continents, my ongoing challenge is to bridge the gap between what I envision and its understanding and practical implementation. The Arison Group operates to realize the overall vision of Doing Good.” CountryUnderstandingRealizingChallengesVisionGroupsPracticalsBridgesEnterpriseOwnersGapsContinentsOngoingDoing GoodPhilanthropicImplementation Author:Shari Arison
“The team developer realizes that at times the leadership 'torch' must be passed on to others. This empowerment of others serves a dual purpose; it helps them hone their own team-building skills and it brings a fresh approach, perhaps even a special expertise, to the group's efforts.” HelpingPurposeRealizingLeadershipEffortGroupsTeamSpecialBuildingSkillsApproachEmpowermentExpertiseTeam BuildingTorchesDevelopers Book:The Language of leadership Source: The Language of leadership
“I really didn't realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous group. They are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't mess with them. You know, they've had their budgets cut. They're paid nothing. Books are falling apart. The libraries are just like the ass end of everything, right?” ThinkingKnowsMenBookEndsFallRealizingCuttingGroupsDangerousRevolutionQuietSittingPaidLibraryAssMessBudgetsDesksFalling ApartLibrarianSubversiveBudget Cuts Author:Michael Moore
“Leadership is a group project, and all of us are necessary to fill it. Wise leaders will realize this and encourage their groups to develop their own evolving leadership potential.” RealizingLeaderWiseGroupsProjectsEvolveWise LeadersLeadership Potential Author:Arnold Mindell
“When you watch an audience watching my movies, you realize that nobody laughs at the same time. Some people enjoy a beat, and then another group of people are laughing at a sight gag, and then someone laughs where nobody laughs before. They're not timed like a comedy. You're not supposed to laugh at every joke. You decide.” PeopleEnjoyRealizingWatchesAudienceLaughingComedyGroupsBeatsJokesSightGags Author:Quentin Dupieux
“I was always interested in music, I felt it was time to do it, coming out of the punk scene [1979]. I thought it was ideal that anyone could just put together a group and make it work. Then, of course, it became a little more detailed after starting it and realizing that it was something serious, not just a one-off situation. I had to put a lot more into it. Also I did it to get a lot of things out of my system, things that had been put there while I was growing up in my family. A sort of exorcizing of demons.” LittlesTogetherCoursesFeltRealizingSituationGrowing UpGrowingGroupsSeriousSceneIdealsMy FamilyStartingDemonComing OutPunk Author:Rozz Williams